Nick Anderson has been serving on Active Duty in the U.S. Navy for the last 10 years. He graduated from Saint Leo University with his B.A. in Accounting and is a graduate student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, pursuing an M.B.A. in Finance. Born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, Nick enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17. During his deployments onboard the USS Fort McHenry, he traveled to 23 countries on four continents, sailing roughly 42,000 nautical miles across 30 seas and five oceans. He currently resides in Meridian, Mississippi.
To best understand the Navy promotion timeline, there are several factors to consider regarding how the Navy advances enlisted members.
First, the Navy uses a sailor’s rate to determine rank.
Enlisted rates have three different groups, including:
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The U.S. Navy’s primary special operations force is SEALs.
Navy Sea, Air, Land Teams (SEALs) have a notorious reputation for undergoing some of the most intense basic training of any military unit in the world.
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The United States Navy has an impressive fleet of aircraft carriers (some of which are nuclear-powered).
Aircraft carriers are not only impressive in stature but well-oiled machines.
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There are many duties associated with a career as a Navy Cryptologic Technician-Networks (CTN), and those duties all revolved around computer operations on global networks.
This career has evolved since its inception in 2004.
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The United States Navy acts as the naval warfare service branch.
It is one of the six uniformed services in the United States, and the largest navy in the world based on personnel and fleet capabilities.
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